On 16 April 2015 at 00:48, Steve Dower <steve.do...@microsoft.com> wrote: > On the Start Menu suggestion, I think that's a horrible idea. Pip is not the > system package manager and it shouldn't be changing the system. Unversioned > script launchers are in the same category, but aren't quite as offensive. > > I know it's only a hypothetical, but I'd much rather it didn't get repeated > so often that it actually happens. There are better tools for making app > installers, as opposed to package installers.
Sorry - I agree it's an awful idea. Older wininst installers such as the pywin32 (and I think the PyQT one) one do this, I wanted to use it as an example of abuse of postinstall scripts that should *not* be perpetuated in any new scheme. Just to expand on another point in my mail - I'd like *anyone* to provide an example of a genuine use case for something they think should be a "required" installer extension. I'm not sure such a thing actually exists... Paul _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
